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October 31
- Credit card and debit card details are being stored unencrypted
- SQL and DDOS attacks remain priority for hackers
- Microsoft confirms 4 million Windows 8 upgrades over opening weekend
- BT unveils cloud-based supply chain management service
October 30
- Google unveils revamped Nexus lineup
- EMC deal spawns new Lenovo Enterprise Product Group
- Ocado fails to deliver after tech glitch hits customer delivewries
- Vodafone to launch Mobile Wallet in 2013
- Scientists call for 4G cash to be injected into tech research
- National Grid plugs into Bottomline for faster cloud-based payments
October 29
- Microsoft Windows Phone 8 review: First look
- Microsoft touts new Windows Phone 8 features ahead of launch
- Avnet selects Magirus chief as EMEA VP of services
- Big Data: Is your business ready?
- Nvidia and Oak Ridge unveil Titan super computer
- Vodafone to give customers early 4G upgrades
October 26
- Browsium offers to help CIOs make sense of "multi-browser world"
- Cabinet Office takes wraps off G-Cloud ii
- Netnames warns of rise in eBook piracy
- Apple uses court-ordered apology to hit back at UK Samsung ruling
- Symantec and McAfee gain retail exclusivity at Dixons
- Apple CEO claims Surface RT is "confused and complicated"
- Amazon reports first quarterly loss in 5 years
- Apple ships 26.9 million iPhones and 14 million iPads in Q4
October 25
- ICO hits Stock-on-Trent City Council with £120,000 data breach fine
- Windows 8 Surface RT: Need to know
- Microsoft anti-trust case could result in €5.7bn EU fine
- Apple iPad mini vs Google Nexus 7 vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD: Specifications infographic
- Microsoft prepares for grand unveiling of Windows 8
- Dutch and US judges disagree over Samsung-Apple patent infringements
October 24
- EE's 4G pricing plans get thumbs down from mobile users
- Apple iPad mini set to shake up the 7in tablet market, claim industry watchers
- Apple iPad mini: Need to know
- LG Electronics swings to Q3 profit on surprise handset result
- Facebook mobile ad revenue rises as firm posts $59m net loss
- IBM IOD 2012: Industry and academia must unite to fill Big Data talent gap
- IBM IOD 2012: Businesses should drill down into data to fuel innovation and success
October 23
- Apple debuts 4th gen iPad, iPad mini and 13in MacBook Pro
- Cloud no cover for software pirates, claims FAST
- iPad Mini to mark end of road for iPad 2, claim sources
- Research: Android smartphone apps leave user data open to attack
- Trustmarque signs deal with Comms-care
- Everything Everywhere announces 4G pricing along with fibre & business services
- BlackBerry ditched by US federal agency for iPhones
- Apple iPad Mini rumour round-up: what to expect
- IBM IOD 2012: IBM taps into CMO cloud clout
October 22
- IBM IOD 2012: Firms urged to think big to reap even bigger rewards
- Salesforce CEO claims end is nigh for Windows OS
- William Hague: UK hit by cyber attacks every hour
- BT Openreach embarks on Armed Forces recruitment drive
- Microsoft confusing users with Surface RT, claim industry watchers
- Sources shed light on Mayer's tech turnaround plans for Yahoo
October 19
- Salesforce debuts Marketing Cloud Social Insights ecosystem
- Gartner: Big data to account for $28bn worth of IT spend in 2012
- Microsoft Surface RT "likely to be a one-off" device, claims source
- Sony to cut 2,000 jobs and close factory in Japan
- Premature results post sees Google shares slide
October 18
- Citrix Synergy 2012: Mobile the driving force in IT, claims Citrix VP
- Twilio goes global with cloud telephony
- Oracle president outlines big data challenge for CIOs
- Nokia struggles on to post €576m Q3 operating loss
- O2 finds networking fault with Ericsson
- Nokia to post loss ahead of make-or-break Lumia launches
- White House review found no evidence of Huawei spying, claim sources
- Citrix Synergy 2012: Citrix takes a legendary turn with project Avalon
October 17
- Citrix Synergy 2012: Citrix and Cisco team up to push cloud services
- Microsoft named best place to work by UK graduates
- Symantec flags up SMB security threats
- Scale Computing promises SMBs a low cost way into virtualisation
- Apple extends faulty hard drive replacement programme
- UPDATED: Microsoft users warned of upcoming volume price hike
- Google Nexus smartphones from LG and Sony on the cards
- Intel outlook dampens hopes for PC market recovery
- Foxconn admits using underage workers in China
October 16
- Brown confirmed for Softcat
- Microsoft Surface pre-order pricing revealed
- Samsung launches Windows 8 Ultrabooks and tablet hybrids
- Facebook unveils London tech hub for UK engineers
- Greater Manchester Police pays £120k fine for data breach
- Raspberry Pi gets memory upgrade
- Yahoo snaps up another Google executive
October 15
- Citrix partners benefit from tech trends
- Children's charity "may" appeal against £70,000 ICO fine
- Greenpeace blasts EPEAT over Apple, Lenovo and Samsung Ultrabook ruling
- 1&1 integrates popular web apps into MyWebsite tool
- Amazon to acquire Texas Instruments' mobile chip arm?
- iPad Mini tipped for launch on 23 October
October 12
- Dell unveils Windows 8 hybrid laptop-tablet for business users
- Absolute Software teaches school thieves a lesson in laptop protection
- Stevinson quits VIP role
- Mozilla rush-releases Firefox security patch
- US court clears pre-Apple trial Samsung Galaxy Nexus sales ban
October 11
- VMworld 2012: VMware offers helping hand to "clouded out" CIOs
- Samsung launches Galaxy S3 Mini
- RSA Europe: Security market must close skills gap, warns (ISC)²
- Microsoft releases Windows Server 2012 Essentials to manufacturers
- Sony Vaio Duo 11 review: First look
- US Government calls for Adobe Flash Player upgrades
- Lenovo topples HP to lead worldwide PC market for first time
- Siemens to cut jobs and close offices as margins shrink
- Google squares up for "defining fight" with Apple
October 10
- Huawei to set to open new HQ in Reading
- ICO fines charity £70,000 for losing sensitive data
- Lenovo introduces Windows 8 hybrids
- Rackspace cleared of false advertising over cloud services
- RSA Europe: Privacy is stunting security says Coviello
- Rackspace escapes ASA wrath over "100% uptime" claims
- Compuware launches real-time Outage Analyser tool
- SAP users hit out over licensing complexity
- Microsoft set to mimic Apple's hardware strategy
- VMworld 2012: VMware trumpets worldwide growth of cloud-based services
October 9
- Telco and system integrators to move to cloud broker model
- Skype users threatened by worm
- VMworld 2012: VMware rolls out vCloud Suite management upgrade
- Google beefs up enterprise search appliances
- IBM and AT&T team up in cloud
- South London gains datacentre boost
- VMworld 2012: VMware CEO dismisses Microsoft as virtualisation market challenger
- ZTE and Huawei hit back at US Government accusations
- AMD finally unveils dual-core tablet chips
- Google launches project to simplify web development
October 8
- Ancoris buys e-learning firm Cloud Skills
- Chancellor proposes shares-for-rights for growth companies
- EU Trademark Rule blamed for spiralling cost of enterprise IT
- Enterprise social networks come of age, says Ovum
- Dell expands European cloud services
- Cisco splits with ZTE over Iran trade deal claims
- Smartphone users move to VoIP
October 5
- Microsoft pushes out updates to Windows 8 apps ahead of launch
- Facebook bags its billionth user
- Samsung posts $7.3bn Q3 profit
October 4
- GoDaddy axes SMB Cloud Servers
- Foreign Secretary announces £2m cyber security centre
- Microsoft co-founder blasts "confusing" Windows 8
- Facebook lets US users pay to promote their posts
- HP shares hit nine-year low in wake of Whitman warning
October 3
- Data scientists urged to share their big data skills with UK charities
- Virgin Media rapped by ASA over "misleading" broadband ad
- EE to switch on 4G network on 30 October
- Ofcom confirms 4G network plan is ahead of schedule
- Apple iPhone 5 vs Samsung Galaxy S3 head-to-head review
October 2
- Element14 lets London school cook up Raspberry Pi code
- Desktop PC sales fall as business users turn to tablets
- Business users warned of growing DDoS risk
- Cloud Distribution adds to team
- Apple iPad Mini rumours suggest November release for new tablet
- Experian flags growth of illegal trade in online details
- Court lifts Samsung Galaxy US sales ban
October 1
- Nominet proposes shorter, more secure .UK domains
- Culture Secretary to hold 4G peace talks with telcos
- Government IT chief hits out at EU cloud strategy
- HP to launch Windows 8 ElitePad 900 tablet in January
- Oracle unveils cloud-capable 12c database
- Samsung Galaxy Tab sales ban to be reconsidered